More than eleven years after the end of hyperinflation in Brazil, domestic bond markets have been unable to lengthen the average maturity of both public and private bonds. This paper shows that the lengthening is theoretically and practically (we analyzed the experiences of Israel, Mexico and...

More than eleven years after the end of hyperinflation in Brazil, domestic bond markets have been unable to lengthen the average maturity of both public and private bonds. This paper shows that the lengthening is theoretically and practically (we analyzed the experiences of Israel, Mexico and...

This paper examines how monetary policy decisions in Brazil, regarding short term interest rates, have affected the term structure of interest rates. We apply an event study methodology in two distinct periods: between January 2000 and August 2003, right after the implementation of the inflation...

Portuguese Abstract: Este artigo utiliza o analise de componentes principais para avaliar os movimentos da Estrutura a Termo brasileira. Com os fatores obtidos aplicam-se os procedimentos de imunização de carteira de renda fixa local e compara-se o resultado a uma estratégia de hedge simples...

El modelo de valoración de activos basado en el consumo, CCAPM, ha sido objeto de estudio para distintas economías, dando lugar a diversas anomalías empíricas, entre ellas, el denominado enigma de la prima de riesgo. Los valores del parámetro de aversión relativa al riesgo necesarios para...

Asset price fluctuations: comparing rational speculative bubbles and the keynesian approach The principal aim of this paper is to analyze the limits of the conventional approach to speculative rational bubbles as an explanation for price fluctuations in financial assets. It is argued that the...